# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikos-kavvadias
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:29:02.171Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikos-kavvadias"
name: "Nikos Kavvadias"
slug: "nikos-kavvadias"
description: "Nikos Kavvadias was a Greek poet, writer and a sailor by profession. He used his travels around the world, the life at sea and its adventures, as powerful metaphors for the escape of ordinary people, outside the boundaries of reality. His poems are widely regarded as belonging to symbolism, and he has been characterized by some as a poète maudit."
tagline: "Greek poet (1910-1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bust_of_Nikos_Kavvadias.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1910-01-11"
deathDate: "1975-02-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.59
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           13.423112
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0442695/"
    handle:    "nm0442695"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Nikos Kavadias"
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    title: "Nikos Kavvadias"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Níkos Kavvadías"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Níkos Kavvadías"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Նիկոս Կավադիաս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Каввадиас, Никос"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump